Bottle.



O. K. BRINER & H. T. FOX.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1. 1907.-

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BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Application filed November 1, 1907. Serial No. 400,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CZAR K. BRINER and HOWARD T. FoX, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Veedersburg, in the county of Fountain andState of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and the object of theinvention is to improve the construction of non-refillable bottles andto provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to bereadily applied to the neck of the bottle or analogous receptacle andcapable, after the same has received its original contents, ofpreventing the liquid from being introduced in such receptacle, therebypreventing fraudulent refilling with an imitation liquid.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel combination andarrangement of ele ments as will hereinafter be fully described andclaimed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the neck of abottle embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on theline 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line 33 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the cap employed withthis invention and taken through one of the ports of the cap, and Fig. 5is a horizontal sectional view of the valve cup, the ball valve beingremoved.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the neck of the bottle as anydesired or preferred construction and being provided with a flaringmouth 2 and an internal flaring recess 3 terminating in the shoulders' ladapted as a securing means for a valve cap about to be described.

The improved stopper comprises two parts or sectionsa valve cup and acapeach preferably constructed of glass or other suitable material.

The valve cup 1 is cylindrical in form and hollow for a portion of itsdepth, the inner wall 2 of this hollow portion being downwardly inclinedfor a portion of its length and thencev provided with the inturnedportion 3 adapted to act as a seat for the spherical valve 4. Theopening 5 communicating with the valve seat of the cup serves to permita passage for the contents of the bottle. The wall 2 of the valve cup isprovided with a series of vertically arranged ribs extending from thevalve seat upward to the upper hereinafter be described.

edge of the cup. These ribs are so posi tioned and of such size as topermit the ball valve to pass between them, thus insuring the properseating of the valve. The upper edge of the cup is formed withdiametrically opposite recesses 6, the purpose of which will The cap 7comprises a cylindrical body portion of an equal circumference to thatof the valve cup 1 and is provided with a series of angular openings orports 8 arranged upon its upper face and communicating with the valvecup 1. At its lower face the cap 7 is provided with a series of lugs orfingers 9, adapted for engagement with the recesses 6 of the valve cup1, thus providing means by which the cap and the valve cup may beproperly positioned in relation to each other when in operativepositionwithin the neck of the bottle. The cap 7 is provided upon its peripherywith aseries of openings or c annels 10 adapted for the reception oflocking pins orbolts 11. Interposed between the locking pins 1 1 and theinner walls of the channels 10 are resilient elements 12 adapted tonormally force the pins out of the channels. These elements 11 may becomposed of rubber balls such as are shown in the drawing, or suitablehelical springs, but for the sake of economy I prefer using the rubberas illustrated.

As noted in Fig. 1 of the drawing the valve cup 1 is provided at itslower extremity with a thin band of cork or rubber, the object of whichbeing to hold the valve cup in rigid engagement with the interior of themouth of the bottle when it is inserted in operative position.

In assembling the elements within the bottle mouth the valve cup 1 isfirst inserted until it occupies position upon the internal flare of thebottle neck, substantial to that illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing.The cap 7 is now pressed within the mouth ofthe bottle, the flaringportion of which serves to force the locking pins 11 backward withintheir seats, thus allowing the cap to be pushed still further down untilthe locking pins pass the shoulders 4 of the bottle 1 when the lockingpins acting under the influence of resilient balls 12 will forcethemselves into engagement under the shoulders of the bottle neck.

Should it be desired the cap and valve cup might be connected with eachother before their insertion within the bottle neck, but for cheapnessof construction it is desirable to have these elements composed ofseparate members.

It will of course be obvious that a cork or other suitable stopper maybe inserted within the neck of the bottle, as is illustrated in thedotted lines of Fig. 1 of the drawing, after the impovement ispositioned.

hile we have thus far described the preferred embodiment of ourinvention it is to be ing from or sacrificing any of the advantages ofour invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is: I

1. A non-refillable bottle having the internal circumference of its neckprovided with a flaring recess and a shoulder above the recess, a caphaving locking pins engaging the shoulder of the recess, the body of thecap being provided with angular ports and downwardly extending fingers,and a valve cup having a valve seat, a valve for the seat loosely placedin the cup, ribs projecting vertically above the valve seat for guidingthe valve in operation, and the fingers of the. cap adapted to limit themovement of the valve.

2. In a bottle stopper, a valve cup formed with a valve seat, a valveeior the seat loosely placed in the cup, and ribs projecting verticallyabove the valve seat for guiding the valve in operation, the upper endof the cup being formed with slots, a cap for the valve cup, havingfingers adapted to engage within the slots in the cup and to limit themovement of the valve when the valve is unseated.

CZAR K. BRINER. HOWVARD T. FOX;

Witnesses WILLIE BooE, ZEB E. Boon.

